Tag: Michael Hickey

#OTD in 1921 – 18–19 | Burgery Ambush | West Waterford IRA under Pax Whelan, George Lennon and George Plunkett from Dublin HQ, ambushed a convoy of Black and Tans returning to Dungarvan via the Burgery.

18/03/2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

‘Comeragh’s Rugged Hills’ (Pat Keating)   It’s long years since I bade farewell For it is my sad fate Our land oppressed by tyrant laws I had to emigrate…   When on my pillow I recline On a foreign land to rest The thoughts of my dear native home Still throbs within my heart When […]

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#OTD in 1921 – 18–19 | Burgery Ambush | West Waterford IRA under Pax Whelan, George Lennon and George Plunkett from Dublin HQ, ambushed a convoy of Black and Tans returning to Dungarvan via the Burgery.

18/03/2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

‘Comeragh’s Rugged Hills’ (Pat Keating)   It’s long years since I bade farewell For it is my sad fate Our land oppressed by tyrant laws I had to emigrate…   When on my pillow I recline On a foreign land to rest The thoughts of my dear native home Still throbs within my heart When […]

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#OTD in 1921 – 18–19 | Burgery Ambush | West Waterford IRA under Pax Whelan, George Lennon and George Plunkett from Dublin HQ, ambushed a convoy of Black and Tans returning to Dungarvan via the Burgery.

18/03/2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

‘Comeragh’s Rugged Hills’ (Pat Keating)   It’s long years since I bade farewell For it is my sad fate Our land oppressed by tyrant laws I had to emigrate…   When on my pillow I recline On a foreign land to rest The thoughts of my dear native home Still throbs within my heart When […]

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#OTD in 1921 – 18–19: Burgery Ambush | West Waterford IRA under Pax Whelan, George Lennon and George Plunkett from Dublin HQ, ambushed a convoy of Black and Tans returning to Dungarvan via the Burgery.

18/03/2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

‘Comeragh’s Rugged Hills’ (Pat Keating) It’s long years since I bade farewell For it is my sad fate Our land oppressed by tyrant laws I had to emigrate… When on my pillow I recline On a foreign land to rest The thoughts of my dear native home Still throbs within my heart When silence overcomes […]

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#OTD in 1921 – 18–19: Burgery Ambush | West Waterford IRA under Pax Whelan, George Lennon and George Plunkett from Dublin HQ, ambushed a convoy of Black and Tans returning to Dungarvan via the Burgery.

18/03/2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

‘Comeragh’s Rugged Hills’ (Pat Keating) It’s long years since I bade farewell For it is my sad fate Our land oppressed by tyrant laws I had to emigrate… When on my pillow I recline On a foreign land to rest The thoughts of my dear native home Still throbs within my heart When silence overcomes […]

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#OTD in 1921 – 18–19: Burgery Ambush: West Waterford IRA under Pax Whelan, George Lennon and George Plunkett from Dublin HQ, ambushed a convoy of Black and Tans returning to Dungarvan via the Burgery.

18/03/2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

‘Comeragh’s Rugged Hills’ (Pat Keating) It’s long years since I bade farewell For it is my sad fate Our land oppressed by tyrant laws I had to emigrate… When on my pillow I recline On a foreign land to rest The thoughts of my dear native home Still throbs within my heart When silence overcomes […]

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